Atheists discriminated?

I'd say that in the UK if you are openly religious (Christian anyway) you're more likely to be discriminated against, strong religious faith is viewed by many as a delusion over here. Quietly religious though ("yeah I go to church on Sundays but it's not a big deal") seems to be ok.

I do feel like it is a bit difficult for me to express my beliefs or maybe lack of them. Because I live in the 'bible belt' or in the south east, everyone around here seems to be strictly Christian. Which is great and everything, but it's kind of obnoxious in a way. When I was in elementary school, grades kindergarten through fifth, the kids that I went to school with were the ones that told me I was going to go to hell if I didn't believe in God and that I was a bad person. So for that, I have never said anything about not believing. Also for a while I wanted to fit in, so told people I was a Christian, but that was also before I even knew if I was really an atheist or not. Now I know, and I now have several very religious friends. I don't know how to tell them I don't believe in a God. I told my best friend. Things are different with us now... It's kind of strange because I'm still the same person I've always been. I want to be able to express what I think without fear that people think I'm a bad person. In all honesty it's really stupid the way people would treat me where I live because all of the people who claim to be religious do not follow their beliefs. Yet I, as an atheist, follow them more strictly than most them. It's really frustrating.

I also hate how controlled our government is by religion. It shouldn't be that way. The people shouldn't be oppressed yet stamping God all over our money and constitution makes it seem that way. Our laws are written based off of the bible. I find it very confusing.

But yeah. That's what it's like for little old me living in my part of the country. I'm sure that if you went to different parts of the country it might be a little different but in most places in the south, it's like this.

I don't in real life, but I live in Canada. Actually there was a poll done by IPOS I believe that said the majority of Canadians trust the non-religious over the religious... go fig.

America is a "young" country that has a culture all it's own. It's not international at all. I'm American and I love my country, but internationally cultural..it is not. So, people who are different get a lot more attention here than they would overseas. People are getting used to living among atheists. The number of atheists are growing where I live in the South. I don't like it, but I'm being perfectly honest about it.

I live in Baltimore and in genral in the U.s if a person walks around with an inverted cross on their shirt people think it's the illuminati or some devil worshipping which shows how ignorant many people are.

The opposite here in the UK, i'm a Christian but I have to know when I can speak about it.

School- No

Church- Yes

Lots of kids get beat up in school for being atheists

If you are an atheist or homosexual in many states, not just the South, you can lose your job as a school teacher.

Where I'm from atheism/secularism is the norm. No one really talks about religion outside of synagogue (and I mean synagogue, not church).

Minor slights and misconceptions are not discrimination. Discrimination is when you lose a job over a trait, or are denied a service.